Movable Type 5.0 was released yesterday (on the 5th). I installed it today. See here » Ye Olde Rad Blog 4.
I chose not to upgrade MT v4.33, which is installed at subdomain » mt4.radified.com (.. and contains ~200 entries). Rather I installed a clean/fresh version .. with a brand-spankin' new database (UTF-8, of course). Less chance of losing those 200 entries.
Beautiful piece of software. I've been using Movable Type since 2003, when I install v2.63 .. to the subdomain » blog.radified.com (« which contains 343 entries).
I also have v3.35 installed » HERE (103 entries). So I have ~7 years of experience with this software. These days they're calling it a full-blown CMS (Content Management System) .. rather than just a blog. Whatever. Ye Olde Rad CMS? I don't think so.
You know what Joel says » "Good software takes 10 years. Get used to it." MT was first released back in 2001. So it's nearly 10 years old. Very polished, feature-rich and rock-solid stable. Even for a whole-number release.
But I don't create content in Movable Type. I find its web-based interface too clunky. Rather I use Dreamweaver to generate everything. It's way faster. The same entry in MT's text editor would take twice as long. (Maybe more.)
When generating content, you want it to flow out of you .. like a river of ideas & insights. There are delays associated with any web-based interface. When generating content, those delays stifle creativity.
This is a subject with which I have much experience. I usually wait a few days after a particular entry is complete .. to ensure all editing is done.
Sometimes it takes a day or two (or 3) away to gain the perspective you need to see where improvements can be made. Links are also important .. for credibility .. to show you've done your homework. Those often come later.
Only when satisfied an entry is done will I copy-n-paste it into Movable Type. I don't know anyone else who does it this way.
I like the way MT indexes each page on a daily (per entry) basis .. which makes it very easy for me to LINK to any particular entry. Prior to MT, I had only monthly archives to link to. Not very precise.
Individual entries displayed on their own web page also make it easy for search engines to focus on a single topic/theme. Same goes for context-based advertising.
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